DeviceTalks West is an annual event that allows some of the best minds in medtech to exchange ideas, insights and technologies. Medical Design & Outsourcing’s parent company WTWH Media holds DeviceTalks annually in Boston, Orange County, Calif., and the Twin Cities in Minnesota. It is hosted by MassDevice and attendees can plan to enjoy networking with people in […]

Today Gary Guthart is best known as the CEO of Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG), the world’s leading medical robotics company. But robot-assisted surgery wasn’t Guthart’s first love, he told MassDevice.com ahead of his keynote appearance at this year’s DeviceTalks West event. That honor goes to NASA (or, more properly, science). During his teenage years growing up in […]

From stents to TAVR, Stanton Rowe has built a medtech legacy out of accomplishing the seemingly impossible. Here are three lessons from his career. Stanton Rowe has played a major role in two of the top medtech innovation success stories of recent decades: stents and transcatheter valve replacements. Listening to him speak at DeviceTalks West […]

Technology is already available to greatly improve outcomes for people suffering from strokes, but the present healthcare system is standing in the way of people getting it, according to Stacey Pugh, VP and general manager of the neurovascular unit at Medtronic. The most important thing that could boost stroke treatment is passing proper legislation about […]

Some of the largest medtech companies showed in 2017 that they are ready to grow through embrace the new healthcare ecosystem. Medical device companies are putting greater emphasis on value-based. They’re putting more attention to clinical and economic research and adopting digital products that incorporate machine learning and data integration. Questions, though, still remain as […]

Innovation is important in medtech and many other industries. But what does it really mean – and can it be done with speed? That was the question that a panel of experts grappled with today at DeviceTalks West in Orange County, Calif. It turns out that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to […]

For nearly a decade, Smith & Nephew’s InVentures program has worked with surgeons who have innovative ideas but aren’t starting their own companies. The program provides a third innovation route on top of the major two for big medical device companies: internal R&D and acquisition of smaller companies with new technologies. “A company the size of Smith […]

Sometimes, it makes sense for a medtech company to outsource product development to bring their device to market faster and more efficiently. MassDevice.com editor Sarah Faulkner spoke to Minnetronix‘s VP of business development and marketing, Jim Reed, about how and when medtech companies should consider outsourcing product development to a partner. Faulkner: How should companies […]

Hundreds of medical device industry insiders are expected to descend on Orange County, Calif., this month for DeviceTalks West – a premier boutique networking and learning event. From the VP in charge of Medtronic’s neurovascular business to the artificial pancreas pioneer Jeffrey Brewer, here are some of the speakers you’ll meet at DeviceTalks West, Dec. 11–12 […]

In today’s medical device market, more and more companies are using outsourcing as a product development strategy. Stuart Karten, Karten Design There has been a fundamental shift in the way companies develop medtech products because of advances in digital technology, medical industry economics and public policy – such as the Affordable Care Act’s withholding of […]

Bill Betten, Betten Systems Solutions It’s tough enough to be a startup developing and launching innovative products. For medical device startups, there’s the added burden of operating in a highly-regulated industry. The cost of developing a medical device ranges from $25 million to $100 million, according to a 2010 research study out of Stanford University. […]